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Eliminating litter a 'Fair' goal

for Fayette Clean and Beautiful

Keep Fayette Beautiful is working to make this year's

Fayette County Kiwanis Fair a "Litter-Free Event." As they enter

the Fair, attendees will be given a bag imprinted with a

"litter-free" message in which they can collect handouts, give-aways

and prizes.

According to Deeva Boleman, executive director of Keep

Fayette Beautiful, they are hoping this will help eliminate the

litter that is sometimes generated when people tire of carrying these

types of items around and simply put them down, walk off and

leave them.

The bags can also be used as litter bags. Signs on trash

cans will remind fair-goers not to litter and large banners will

encourage the community to help "Keep Fayette Beautiful."

KFB is working on this project with the cooperation of the

Fayette County Kiwanis Club, the organization which

coordinates the Fair each year. The endeavor is the result of observations

and comments from attendees, exhibitors and coordinators of

previous years' fairs.

"We realized there's an opportunity for KFB to help with

a major community event in an important way," said Boleman.

"A lot of garbage is generated at this type of event much of it

unnecessarily. Often people litter because they just don't think

about it.

"We hope to make people more aware of how they dispose of

trash, not only at the Fair, but whenever and wherever they generate it.

If everyone would simply take care of their own garbage it

would reduce costs for all of us and keep our community clean and

beautiful."

Keep Fayette Beautiful Inc., a certified affiliate of Keep

America Beautiful, is a local, non-profit, public education

organization dedicated to improving waste management at the

community level and to preserving the natural beauty, environment and

quality of life of Fayette County. For information on KFB,

recycling, composting or any or the organization's other

programs, call 770-460-5730, ext. 134.

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